For what it's worth, we don't study the ecumenical councils....except perhaps in church history classes. It's sort of like, "Such and such came about because of the XYZ Council in 472 AD."
And then the test question is, "In what year did the XYZ council, blah, blah, blah...."
That's the extent of it really. Sort of like a Jeopardy Question or Trivial Pursuits.
It's an interesting question, though.
It probably dates from the Reformation itself. It seems everything was set to the side and it all had to pass through the test of scripture. What came through would be accepted. What failed that test was fit to be burned.
And rightfully so. I am a sola scriptura Christian. It is that which we can know has been God-breathed.
"And rightfully so. I am a sola scriptura Christian. It is that which we can know has been God-breathed."
That's certainly always been my understanding of what Protestants believe. I got the impression somewhere along the way that Protestants, at least soome of them, accepted the canons of the 7 councils in toto. But I also suspected that that was a wrong impression.
I take it that it is your own God origined understanding which allows you to interpret scripture sua sponte, which is to say without reference to what anyone else might believe?